Another word for congestion | Synonyms for congestion

Another word for congestion

congestion Synonyms

congestion

n.

profusion, crowdedness, crowding, overcrowding, clogging, overpopulation, press, jam, traffic jam, bottleneck, gridlock, overdevelopment, too much, too many, excessive concentration, surfeit, blockage, stoppage, cramming, stuffing, obstruction, engorgement, hyperemia; see also excess 1.

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The congestion must be breaking up.
The narrow streets and the traffic congestion of the business district presented difficult problems of urban transit, but the system is of exceptional efficiency.
Despite a huge emigration of Jews from Russia, the congestion within the pale is the cause of terrible destitution and misery.
They called it acute congestion of the stomach and brain.
As the cost of the service varies in proportion to the amount of use, the toll rate is more scientific, and it has the further advantage of discouraging the unnecessary use of the instrument, which causes congestion of traffic at busy hours and also results in lines being " engaged " when serious business calls are made.

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